All Events | Starting Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Other Desert Cities Lyman Wyeth is an actor-politician in the Ronald Reagan mold. His impeccable wife Polly never has a strand of hair out of place. Now retired, their life in a wealthy Palm Springs enclave is upset when relatives arrive for the holidays. Son Trip is a TV reality show producer; Polly's sister Silda is a wisecracking liberal just out of rehab; most troubling is daughter Brooke, who announces that she is about to publish a revealing memoir. This 2012 Tony-nominated Broadway sensation by Jon Robin Baitz is an entertaining look at unruly family politics. Rob Ruggiero directs.05/30/2013

The Kreutzer Sonata Pozdynyshev, an enigmatic stranger in a smoky rail car, weaves a tale of love, loss and betrayal. His sensuous wife plays piano while his old friend plays violin, the Kreutzer Sonata between them, powerful and evocative. Was Beethoven's music the soundtrack to their illicit passion, or has Pozdynyshev made a terrible mistake? Irish playwright Nancy Harris adapted Tolstoy's classic novella into a theatrical experience. Richard McMillan stars, Alan Stanford directs.05/30/2013

42nd Street Broadway razzle-dazzle at its best. Fired from her first Broadway show, starry-eyed actress Peggy Sawyer thought she’d never see her name in lights, but fate had other plans. Come and meet those dancing feet in this Tony Award®-winning musical. The toe-tapping, foot-stomping score includes such classics as "We’re in the Money," "42nd Street" and "Lullaby of Broadway."05/31/2013

Honeck, Rossini & Strauss Manfred Honeck conducts Rossini's exciting William Tell Overture -- famously used as the theme music for the Lone Ranger radio and television shows. Symphony #93 is the first of 12 “London symphonies” composed by Haydn and showcases the composer's humor. Strauss' tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) depicts a hero's journey from the battlefield to finding peace.05/31/2013

Radio Golf by August Wilson Pittsburgh Playwrights becomes one of the few theatres in the world to present all ten plays of August Wilson's Pittsburgh Century Cycle in the order of their Broadway appearance. Mark Clayton Southers, Art Terry, Wali Jamal with Kevin Brown and Chrystal Bates under the direction of Eileen J. Morris bring Wilson's characters to life as they tell the story of Harmond Wilks and his evolution in the Historic Hill District.06/01/2013

Pittsburgh Opera Pittsburgh Opera singers serenade you with a mix of opera and musical theatre favorites such as "Sull'aria" from The Marriage of Figaro, "Largo al factotum and "Una voce poco fa" from The Barber of Seville, "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, and "Au fond du temple saint" from The Pearl Fishers. Bring your own chairs and blankets; leashed pets welcome. 06/02/2013

Encore! (SOLD OUT!) SOLD OUT. (Donations still welcome.) PYSO's annual fundraising party & concert raises funds for scholarships, program support, and 2014's overseas tour. WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham will emcee. Music Director Lawrence Loh and the full Orchestra will encore their favorites from the 2012-13 season, including Strauss's Voices of Spring, a Dvorak Slavonic Dance, and Bizet's Farandole.06/02/2013

Brazilian Pianist & Composer Andre Mehmari Mooka Entertainment presents an evening with Brazilian pianist & composer André Mehmari with special guest Kenia. Mehmari is a truly unique talent, who plays and composes in both jazz and classical music realms with Brazilian influences. He's been called a "mix of Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin."06/04/2013

The Glue Factory Project - Remains Corningworks & the New Hazlett Theater present Remains, a one-woman show. After loss, after dinner, after youth — the ever-changing geography of one’s life. What truly remains? Choreography & performance by Beth Corning, created in collaboration with, and directed by, award-winning director Dominique Serrand.06/05/2013

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featured specials

WQED is pleased to partner with Highmark to bring you these special reports on "Men & Cancer" and "Women & Cancer." Every year cancer claims the lives of nearly 300,000 men in America. According to the American Cancer Society, getting the facts about cancer is an important step in taking care of your overall health.

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featured specials

WQED is pleased to partner with Highmark to bring you these special reports on "Men & Cancer" and "Women & Cancer." Every year cancer claims the lives of nearly 300,000 men in America. According to the American Cancer Society, getting the facts about cancer is an important step in taking care of your overall health.

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